Liverpool legend John Aldridge says the strikers are to blame for this season's demise.
Aldridge wrote for the Sunday World: "Liverpool's top-four rivals presented them with a chance to get back in the mix to qualify for next season's Champions League – but they confirmed yesterday that they are not good enough to take it.
"Newcastle's last-minute equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Anfield was a hammer blow to Liverpool's top-four push and I believe their hope of getting fourth place has now gone.
"Jurgen Klopp's side have Manchester United to play away from home next weekend and, on current form, they won't win at Old Trafford. If they don't, that'll finish them off.
"Their rivals have enough games in hand and are in better form, so this horrible season for Klopp will now have a disastrous conclusion.
"They can't have any complaints because Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham opened the door for them to get a top-four spot they barely deserve.
"Yet, what we saw against Newcastle was another snapshot of why Klopp's team of champions have fallen from grace in alarming fashion over the last few months, with the strikers letting him down once again."
